1st Edition

Civil-military Relations In Communist Systems

Edited By Dale R. Herspring Copyright 1978
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book represents the first attempt to deal with the problem of how to conceptualize the civil-military relations of communist systems within a common intellectual framework. It presents major constructs originally designed for analyzing civil-military relations in the USSR. .

    1. Introduction Part 1: Some Conceptual Questions 2. Interest Groups in Soviet Politics: The Case of the Military 3. The Party-Military Connection: A Critique 4. The Party-Military Connection: A Participatory Model Part 2: Country Studies 5. The Soviet Military-Educational Complex 6. Defense Industrialists in the USSR 7. Technology and Civil-Military Relations: The Polish and East German Cases 8. The Military as an Agent of Political Socialization: The Case of Hungary 9. The Military and the Party in Romania 10. The Military as an Interest Group in Yugoslav Politics 11. A Bureaucratic Approach to Civil-Military Relations in Communist Political Systems: The Case of Cuba 12. Professionalism and Politics in the Chinese Armed Forces: A Reconceptualization Part 3: The Soviet–East European Military Connection 13. Soviet–East European Military Relations: An Overview